This body of work explores quilt-based forms in which the quilt is reimagined as a sculptural language rather than a domestic covering. Drawing on techniques learned from a master quilter, stitching is used as a method of constructing illusion. Working from enlarged fragments of everyday objects—most notably the popped blister pack of a pill packet—forms are isolated and translated into pieced fabric components. Cut from discarded costume materials and assembled through meticulous stitching, these fragments resolve into hyperreal objects that oscillate between solidity and fragility. At a distance, the works read as material optical illusions; up close, their seams, frayed edges, and labour-intensive construction reveal a delicate material truth.

The practice continues to develop through increased scale and more complex forms, alongside an investigation into how softness, surface, and stitch can produce convincing illusions of weight, volume, and material density. Working with overlooked or discarded textiles remains central, transforming them into objects that hover between deceptive visual illusion and fragile textile construction. Through this process, a visual language emerges that honours inherited craft techniques while subtly destabilising their traditional associations with care, memory, and domesticity.